The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-07
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
DisincIiD alton of Certnin Parties TO Argue
Their Cases Before the Commission.

Disinclination of Pertain Parties TO Argue
Their Cases Before the Commission.
WAsHINGToE, September 1.-Receutly an
association of wholesale grocers in Pitts
burg, filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission protest against any change
as asked by New York shippers in the pre-
sent system of freight classification as be-
tween carloads on the one hand, and
smaller quantities on the other; but add
ed that they 1eemed it unnecessary to en-
ter into any argument on the subject 9TH
er tLan to say that the said classification
is, in their opinion, just and fair to all con-
cerned."
Judge Cooley, in acknowledging the re-
ceipt of the letter, comments as follows
upon the disinclinstiOn occasionally mani
tested by parties in interest to argue their
cases before the Commission: "Allow me
70 say that this course is neither fair to the
Commission, nor husiness-like. Any such
question as is presented by the New York
petitions has two sides. One side will be
presented by the petitioners. and all the
considerations advaE csd which will tell in
their favor. You appear to assume that
the commission will infallibly discover the
considerations bearing on the other side,
and you refrain from giving assistance. l
beg to remind you that if you treated your
lawsuits in the same way you
would generally get beaten, even
z.
The court needs the acts of the parties and
it will get but imperfect views of the case
without. You may think the railroads
will present all that can be said, but this
is a very unsafe reliance; they may think
it for their interest before the case is con.
cluds d to yield to the petitioners claims.
Railroads make frequent changes IN their
clsssifcations, and, for aught we know,
they may be perfectly willing TO make the
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exceedingly DESTROYS to administer the
new law justly and according to its spirit.
But in order to do this 1t is necessary that
il have assistance from such persons as are
able to render it. And when citizens de-
liberately withhold such assistance they
will be fairly estopped, il they find that
decisions are made to their detriment, from
making any complaint. 1t is not in the
nature of things that the Commission
should not sometimes be misled wnen
only one side Of the co ltroyersy is pre-
sented."
Important Concessions from the Chinese.
WASHINGTON, September 1.-The con-
cessions which Count Mitkiecwicz mas Oh.
tanned from the Chinese government are
much more important than they are gen.
orally supposed to be, il the gentlemen
who are associated with the Count are to
be believed. 1t seems from the statements
which these gentlemen made that he went
to China for the purpose OF securing the
telegraph and railroad rights OF the empire,
While there The project Of the bank, OF
which so much has been said, was de-
veloped, and he saw his opportunity and
seized il. Count Mitkiecwicz is one of the
most shrewd fnsnciers in the United
States, bat he lacks the necessary secretive-
ness which is so essential to good dIplo-
mat 1t is said that the Chinese govern
ment has appointed seven commissioners
to represent the empire in America, aud
that the Count has been appointed one of
the seven. Ii Is said to be the purpose OF
the ENJOYS to make thorough study of
the American system of banking and COIN
zee, as we'll as the postal system In the
United States. Some years ago Japan sent
a similar commission to this country, and
the result has been the adoption of many
of the American customs in the Japanese
empire.